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to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> it looks like we are having summer rather than the beginning of fall. it will bereaks, pretty sunset. chance for a shower tomorrow. muggy, 80, and then some late-day showers, a chilly day on sunday. we have more on wjla.com. >> thanks very much. >> "abc world news" is coming up next. do not forget the presidential debate. i'm barack obama, and i approve this message. these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its pr
to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> it looks like we are having summer rather than the beginning of fall. it...
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it doesn't matter if you support the opposition or the government. many fear that this election race could be so close that one or the other party may not accept the eventual outcome. chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. the opposition says we have no intention of causing intention and we'll resign ourselves to defeat if that is what happens. as i said, closely contested election. more so than the last 14 years. >>> gunk. american airlines say messy passengers are to blame for passengers that came loose on three recent flights. they claim spilled soda and coffee gunked up a seat locking mechanism over time. the incident caused the airline to take 47 planes out of commission. "attention all passengers" author is joining us now. do you buy this? >> no. i think most people in the industry feel the gunk story is bunk actually. >> i like that. >> they are saying all this junk got down to the clip things in the seats and they put the seats in,
it doesn't matter if you support the opposition or the government. many fear that this election race could be so close that one or the other party may not accept the eventual outcome. chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. the opposition says we have no intention of causing intention and we'll resign ourselves to defeat if that is what happens. as i said, closely contested election....
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there is no real government funding. there is no reason for the cause of it. and we are -- my wife, dee, are part of the autism speaks board, but we're going to develop more research, we're going to stand strong to help families in need. there are -- i mean, it's a real crisis. it's a very severe crisis that's affecting all families, from all different backgrounds and all economic situations. >> well, i wish you all the very best for this. an important cause. great to see you, tommy. >> great to see you, piers. and if i may say so, immaculate. tommy hilfiger and we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total customer support. legalzoom documents have been accepted in all 50 states, and they're backed by a 100% satisfaction guarantee. so go to legalzoom.
there is no real government funding. there is no reason for the cause of it. and we are -- my wife, dee, are part of the autism speaks board, but we're going to develop more research, we're going to stand strong to help families in need. there are -- i mean, it's a real crisis. it's a very severe crisis that's affecting all families, from all different backgrounds and all economic situations. >> well, i wish you all the very best for this. an important cause. great to see you, tommy....
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to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a triion dollars in higher taxes. en on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> more problems for american airlines as another flight experience loose seats. the pilots union and american are moving to resume stalled contract negotiations. t.j. winnick has details. >> and other american airlines flight and another mid terror scare. flight 1862 traveling from dallas to st. louis on tuesday forced to turn around after the landing gear jams. passengers are told to brace themselves. >> they said to assume the position. it was scary. >> some on board are skeptical because of american's well- publicized labor dispute with its union workers. >> some people cheered while we landed and the rest of us were thinking was this real or created? >> the nati
to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a triion dollars in higher taxes. en on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> more problems for american airlines as another flight experience loose...
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to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your m medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we can't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> live and in hd, this is abc 7 breaking news. [inaudible] >> breaking news is coming in washington.st seven residents were rescued by firefighters. people may soon be searching for e to wait -- to live. tom roussey has the first report of there. now live. >> workers are still out here up the scene tonight. a fire department has not the official cause of the fire. you where it started. started on a second-floor apartment. have since put plywood on e window there. was from the third floor tore a number of folks had be rescued. one man fell. in this video shot by a thehbor, you could see the threeoting out of story apartment building. people on the scene say it wa
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it doesn't matter if you support the opposition or the government. many fear that this election race could be so close that one or the other party may not accept the eventual outcome. chavez himself has hinted that perhaps the opposition will cause trouble if the election is close and they lose. he's being mischievous in saying that. saying we have no intention of causing any trouble. as i said, closely contested election. more so than the last 14 years. gunk. american airlines now says messy passengers are to blame for seats that came loose on at least three recent flights. the airline claims spilled soda and coffee gunked up a seat locking mechanism over time. the incidents forced the airline to take 48 boeing 757 jets out of commission for repairs. the airline had initially said improperly installed saddle clamps were causing the problem. what's behind this explanation and does it all add up? william mcgee is the author of "intentional passengers, the airlines dangerous descent and how to reclaim our skies." what's the deal? do you buy this? >> no
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being safe from our government. our government is spying on the spread even when there was illegal spying under the bush a ministration, with the president obama do? he said, let's not worry about those who violated federal laws when they spied on american citizens, let's just move forward and not look back. no accountability for a certain class of people. no sense of the role of law controlling no sense that we have a one tiered system of justice. the patriot act needs to be repealed. we need to follow due process. with the president is targeting u.s. citizens for assassination. where is the due process and that? >> jill stein? >> we certainly do need to hold government accountable. as rockies pointing out, the attack on our civil liberties has been devastating. under the obama white house, basically codified the acts of george bush, the attacks of our privacy, the criminalization of the right to protest, the national defense authorization act in which the president has claimed the right to incarcerate us, basicall
being safe from our government. our government is spying on the spread even when there was illegal spying under the bush a ministration, with the president obama do? he said, let's not worry about those who violated federal laws when they spied on american citizens, let's just move forward and not look back. no accountability for a certain class of people. no sense of the role of law controlling no sense that we have a one tiered system of justice. the patriot act needs to be repealed. we need...
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the government decided under ronald reagan at first, give them a tax credit. in other words, send them a tax -- >> incentivize them to work. >> ryan knows this but he's just pandering to the worst instincts of his audience. >> martin, i don't know how -- or what goes through someone like -- the head of someone like paul ryan where he isn't going to accept the framework of that proposition, which has been so damaging. really a sensible candidate wouldn't try and accept the premise of the question. he'd try and explain it. he'd say, this is where we want to move the country. not about work, but it's been so damaging to sort of accept it and engage in it and embrace it, it is such a losing proposition. even the research from his own campaign must tell him that. >> john, you have previously remarked to me on the fact you regard paul ryan as a smart man. a man that understands numbers. that 47% tape has been out there for almost three weeks and he's making that kind of comment yesterday. is he really that smart? >> well, he's very smart on the budget numbers, but h
the government decided under ronald reagan at first, give them a tax credit. in other words, send them a tax -- >> incentivize them to work. >> ryan knows this but he's just pandering to the worst instincts of his audience. >> martin, i don't know how -- or what goes through someone like -- the head of someone like paul ryan where he isn't going to accept the framework of that proposition, which has been so damaging. really a sensible candidate wouldn't try and accept the...
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not on government land. on government land your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them, and also get the oil from offer shore and alaska and i'll bring that pipeline in from cana canada, and, by the way, i like coal. i'm going to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. i want to get america and north america energy-independent, so we can create those jobs. finally, with regards to that tax cut, look, i'm not looking to cut massive taxes and to reduce the revenues going to the government. my number one principle is there will be no tax cut that adds to the deficit. i want to underline that. no tax cut that adds to the deaf deficit, but i do want to reduce the burden being paid by middle income americans, and to do that that also means i cannot reduce the burden paid by high-income americans. any language to the contrary is simply not accurate. >> mr. president? >> l
not on government land. on government land your administration has cut the number of permits and licenses in half. if i'm president, i'll double them, and also get the oil from offer shore and alaska and i'll bring that pipeline in from cana canada, and, by the way, i like coal. i'm going to make sure we can continue to burn clean coal. people in the coal industry feel like it's getting crushed by your policies. i want to get america and north america energy-independent, so we can create those...
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the government or the state or somebody. it's, you know, you can't lylike this 68 . >> reporter: -- >> the usda is searching for solutions in the meantime. >> i hope he can't read. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in fauquier county, virginia, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> and a spectacular day. >> yeah, the heat is just what the stink bugs ordered, ohmsure we have some colder air and another warm one coming and this is delightful as we look live outside. the temperature is 79 degrees and the nice thing, the humidity dropped and this is a real, real nice day. our temperatures are getting into the low 80sthis afternoon. and it will be a comfortable evening. check out the temperatures around the region and the headlines, not only will this be a gorgeous friday evening, i don't think that saturday looks bad. you will night breeze by tomorrow night and if you have plans, take a jacket and that might be gusty out of the northwest. right now, we're describing it as cold and rainy and that is looks like the rain will get going early in the
the government or the state or somebody. it's, you know, you can't lylike this 68 . >> reporter: -- >> the usda is searching for solutions in the meantime. >> i hope he can't read. [ laughter ] >> reporter: in fauquier county, virginia, beth parker, fox 5 news. >>> and a spectacular day. >> yeah, the heat is just what the stink bugs ordered, ohmsure we have some colder air and another warm one coming and this is delightful as we look live outside. the...
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. >> trickle down government. trickle down government. trickle down government. trickle down government will not create the jobs americans need. >> trickle down government, zing. the crowd there clearly energized by romney's debate performance last night and obama's senior adviser david axelrod praised it as well suggesting it was oscar-worthy, though not worthy of the white house. due to some basic problems with simple veracity. >> i'm not looking for a $5 trillion tax cut. i can't understand how you can cut medicare $716 billion for current recipients of medicare. pre-existing conditions are covered under my plan. an unelected board, appointed board who are going to decide what kind of treatments you ought to have. >> not true, not true, not true, not true. and since mr. romney got the last word at the debate last night, why don't we give the last word today to the president. >> he knows full well that we don't want what he's been selling for the last year. so governor romney may dance around his positions, but if you want to be president, you owe the american
. >> trickle down government. trickle down government. trickle down government. trickle down government will not create the jobs americans need. >> trickle down government, zing. the crowd there clearly energized by romney's debate performance last night and obama's senior adviser david axelrod praised it as well suggesting it was oscar-worthy, though not worthy of the white house. due to some basic problems with simple veracity. >> i'm not looking for a $5 trillion tax cut. i...
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there is no real government funding. there is no reason for the cause of it. and we are -- my wife, dee, are part of the autism speaks board, but we're going to develop more research, we're going to stand strong to help families in need. there are -- i mean, it's a real crisis. it's a very severe crisis that's affecting all families, from all different backgrounds and all economic situations. >> well, i wish you all the very best for this. an important cause. great to see you, tommy. >> great to see you, piers. and if i may say so, immaculate. tommy hilfiger and we'll be right back. i'm only in my 60's... i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medicare supplement insurance plan. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, you may know it only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. call and find out about an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans,
there is no real government funding. there is no reason for the cause of it. and we are -- my wife, dee, are part of the autism speaks board, but we're going to develop more research, we're going to stand strong to help families in need. there are -- i mean, it's a real crisis. it's a very severe crisis that's affecting all families, from all different backgrounds and all economic situations. >> well, i wish you all the very best for this. an important cause. great to see you, tommy....
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on the role of government, i don't think the president had a good answer. >> reporter: finally, bottom line, who won? nicole? >> mitt romney. >> i'm sticking with barack obama. >> reporter: surprise. >> mitt romney. he comes away with this. he's going to tie the race back up. 30-day race coming at it. it's going to be close. >> reporter: matt, donna, nicole, thank you for joining us. that's the "nightline" report card. just ahead, while president obama failed to make any mention of mitt romney's 47% comment tonight, that doesn't mean this debate wasn't a numbers game. we're going to unravel this campaign's war of the percentages. how can you get back pain relief that lasts up to 16 hours? with thermacare heatwraps. thermacare works differently. it's the only wrap with patented heat cells that penetrate deep to relax, soothe, and unlock tight muscles. for up to 16 hours of relief, try thermacare. hey, travis... get some friends, loser! so, are you all right, man? ♪ lean on me, thanks. ♪ when you're not strong, and i'll be your friend. ♪ ♪ i'll help you carry on... ♪ what does
on the role of government, i don't think the president had a good answer. >> reporter: finally, bottom line, who won? nicole? >> mitt romney. >> i'm sticking with barack obama. >> reporter: surprise. >> mitt romney. he comes away with this. he's going to tie the race back up. 30-day race coming at it. it's going to be close. >> reporter: matt, donna, nicole, thank you for joining us. that's the "nightline" report card. just ahead, while president...
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, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you, will trickle-down government would work. >> governor romney has a perspective that says if he cut taxes skewed towards the wealthy and roll back regulations we'll be better off. gwen: 90 minutes later, even democrats gave the debate win to roll any. but after the dust settled, what was true and what wasn't? >> it is not possible to come up with enough loopholes and deductions to only affect high-income individuals to avoid either raising the deficit or burdening the middle class. it's math. >> i'm not in favor of a $5 trillion tax cut. my plan is not to put in place any tax cut that will add to the deficit. gwen: and will today's improved jobs numbers change the political landscape again? debating, peter baker of "the new york times," dan balz of the "washington post." jeanne cummings of block berg news, and john dickerson of slate magazine and cbs news. >> award winning reporting and analysis, covering history as it happens. live in our nation's capital, this is "washington week" with gwen ifill, produced in association with "national
, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you, will trickle-down government would work. >> governor romney has a perspective that says if he cut taxes skewed towards the wealthy and roll back regulations we'll be better off. gwen: 90 minutes later, even democrats gave the debate win to roll any. but after the dust settled, what was true and what wasn't? >> it is not possible to come up with enough loopholes and deductions to only affect high-income individuals to avoid...
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to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we'tan't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> one surprise tonight. while everyone expected to hear about the percentage that's been making waves the past few weeks, mitt romney's controversial 47% comments, con speck wasly absent tonight. that doesn't mean the percentage didn't get its due, because it's become this year's hot political pep of choice and abc's david wright is doing the math. >> reporter: in this year of rotten economic news, unemployment at 8%, economic growth, less than 2%, deficit up 54% in four years, 60% say we're on the wrong track. the challenger ought to have a pretty good argument. >> middle income americans have been buried. they're just being crushed. >> reporter: but this year
to pay for government-run healthcare, you'll pay higher taxes and more for your medicine. and their plan includes a trillion dollars in higher taxes. even on the middle class. mitt romney and common sense conservatives will cut taxes on the middle class. and they'll close loopholes for millionaires. obama and his liberal allies? we'tan't afford four more years. [ romney] i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >>> one surprise tonight. while everyone expected to hear about the...
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. >> we're seeing right now is, in my view, a trickle down government approach which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams and that's not working the. proof of that is 23 million people out of work and the proof one out of six people in poverty, the proof 32 million on food stamps to 47 million on food stamps the proof of that 50% of college graduates this year can't find work. >> paul: there's little doubt romney's commander performance helped the g.o.p. ticket. the question is, how much? let's ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan henninger, mary anna stacia o'grady and kim strassel. dan, how important was this debate for mitt romney's candidacy. >> it was not only very important for mitt romney's candidacy, paul, it was very important for us. i think he both rescued his candidacy and rescued the election. and quite honestly, the election to this point was kind of boring. it was boring because both candidates in different ways were making it boring. the president, and there have been reports, was kind of coasting through, th
. >> we're seeing right now is, in my view, a trickle down government approach which has government thinking it can do a better job than free people pursuing their dreams and that's not working the. proof of that is 23 million people out of work and the proof one out of six people in poverty, the proof 32 million on food stamps to 47 million on food stamps the proof of that 50% of college graduates this year can't find work. >> paul: there's little doubt romney's commander...
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a government board will actually make decisions? because the obama camp says just not true at all. >> this is called the independent payment advisory board. and romney kind of makes it sound like uncle sam is going to come into your hospital room or this is only seniors. so mrs. smith's hospital room and says i know your doctor says you need a hip replacement and i'm government and you do not. this is not what this board is going to be let me tell you what it is going to be. if midcare p getting crazy and high and out of hand, this board will sit down and say are we overpaying for certain kinds of procedures? are we letting hospitals charge us way too much money for, let's say, a routine hip replacement, and if they are, if they're charging us too much money, let's say they're charging us just to be silly, $100 for hip replace am, maybe we'll -- >> it's a little more than an hour from now. >> last night's presidential debate was viewed by conservativetively 50 million viewers. i would really like to think that this is the only place
a government board will actually make decisions? because the obama camp says just not true at all. >> this is called the independent payment advisory board. and romney kind of makes it sound like uncle sam is going to come into your hospital room or this is only seniors. so mrs. smith's hospital room and says i know your doctor says you need a hip replacement and i'm government and you do not. this is not what this board is going to be let me tell you what it is going to be. if midcare p...
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there is a fundamental difference between the two of you as to how you view the mission of the federal government? do you see a major difference between the two of you on social security? what is the difference. >> let's move to health care where i know there is a clear difference. (laughter) >> jon: you are both around the same heights. is there a difference in your weight? is there-- i see energywise there's a difference. this gentleman here, appears to be on ambien and the other gentleman appears to have tried caffeine for the first time in his life. you guys noticed that too. seriously, it's like minutes before the debate scott bacula quantum leap mood lehrer's body and then had to figure out where the [bleep] he was. all right, two people on stage,s they are's an audience. what is the difference between them. and then bacula is like dean stockwell, am i here to prevent a crime or what the hell is going on around here. anyway my point is, quantum leap was a really good show. (laughter) anyway, here's the saddest part. despite romney's best efforts at lying the only category obama defeated rom
there is a fundamental difference between the two of you as to how you view the mission of the federal government? do you see a major difference between the two of you on social security? what is the difference. >> let's move to health care where i know there is a clear difference. (laughter) >> jon: you are both around the same heights. is there a difference in your weight? is there-- i see energywise there's a difference. this gentleman here, appears to be on ambien and the other...
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fighting for the middle class, didn't believe in trickle-down government. the president didn't seem to have a message. the thing most shocking is a? all of the dimensions in which president is better than governor romney. like akt, that he can connect with voters, he has a message, affable. all of those things, governor romney outshined the president in a wide margin. more likeable. told stories, told narratives. >> he looked like he wanted it more. it's like football, and after a while you wonder who wants to win this game. >> it seems -- >> let's move on to the vp debate. joe biden and paul ryan. let me make a prediction. i think joe biden will verbally destroy paul ryan, and i think he will the salvation of barack obama. >> you want to bet? >> i tend to agree with you, piers. senator biden is someone who is a fire brand for sure. and one of the things that came out of this debate, we can all agree president obama did not bring his "a" game and romney had a good night it will take a lot more to undo what has taken two years to burn in voters' brains. >> b
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i don't think he's governing this way at all. i think that's why... i think that was going to becaptioning y comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> tonight, mitt romney still trails in the polls! could bit because they contain other choices? then a breakthrough in men's vitality. >> what vagina substitutes we will be throwing footballs through next and my guest is country music legend kenny rogers, i will ask him if those islands in the stream make good tax shelters. and pornographers were caught filming in the cornell university library. clearly, they could not get into the hear extraordinary library. this is the colbert report. captioning sponsored by comedy central ( theme song playing ) ( cheers and applause ) ( cheers and applause ) >> colbert: welcome. that is incredible. ladies and gentlemen, thank you. good to have you with us. boy, i can feel the electricity. i can feel the electricity. ladies and gentlemen, in here, out there, across america, you know why people are excited because it is a huge night. the f
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i saw the president's vision as trickle down government and i don't think that's what america believes in. >> overnight polls and "the denver post" give round one to romney. as a republican challenger went after the president's record. >> i just don't know how the president could have come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, and economic crisis at the kitchen table, and spent his energy and passion for two years fighting for obama care instead of fighting for jobs for the american people. >> the president faulted romney for being too vague. >> at some point, i think the american people have to ask themselves, is the reason that governor romney is keeping all of these plans to replace secret because they're too good? is it because that somehow middle class families are going to benefit too much from them? no. >> the sharpest exchanges over taxes and deficits. >> he is saying that he is going to pay for by closing loopholes and deductions. the problem that is he's been asked over a hundred times how you would close those deductions and loopholes, and h
i saw the president's vision as trickle down government and i don't think that's what america believes in. >> overnight polls and "the denver post" give round one to romney. as a republican challenger went after the president's record. >> i just don't know how the president could have come into office, facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, and economic crisis at the kitchen table, and spent his energy and passion for two years fighting for obama care...
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"government bullies" you have a forward by a congressman named ron paul. how did that come about? >> it was tough to get. you know, bending arms at thanksgiving, working on him and we finally got him. >> jon: for you, what is the message here? the message is government has been pushing people around, that needs to stop? >> kind of. the message is that there are unintended consequences of well-meaning people. the clean waterage of 1974 says you can't discharge pollutants into the navigable waters of the u.s. i'm all for that. you shouldn't be allowed to dump chemicals in the ho river. there should be a law against that. it should stop. however, over time, we came to define dirt as a pollutant and we came to define navigable waters as your back yard. we tell the story of robbie wrigley, who was given 84 months in prison, had in prior criminal history, 84 months, no parole, her dad got ten years and her dad's partner got ten years. their crime is putting clean dirt on dry land in a residential devel
"government bullies" you have a forward by a congressman named ron paul. how did that come about? >> it was tough to get. you know, bending arms at thanksgiving, working on him and we finally got him. >> jon: for you, what is the message here? the message is government has been pushing people around, that needs to stop? >> kind of. the message is that there are unintended consequences of well-meaning people. the clean waterage of 1974 says you can't discharge...
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we did it because we had a government. we had franklin delano roosevelt who understood the power of our united action. >> there is such a thing as reality! am i the only one here that sees reality and the shift? it is insane. we're lying to ourselves. stop lying to yourselves. >> eliot: this notion that 47% of the american public are slackers, are freeloaders is fundamentally wrong and says more about the way mitt romney views us as a society than anything else. >> benjamin franklin, when they finally came to the constitution, he's walking down the road and the story goes a woman came up to him and said what have you given us? mr. franklin? he said "a republic if you can keep it." >> eliot: we have the most powerful nation on the earth the largest economy, the greatest wealth, the most creative innovative economy anywhere in the world and the world is imitating us. how is that? how is that? [ applause ] we're not at the precipice. continued greatness. >> stand up for what you believe in. you might end up being wrong. i mig
we did it because we had a government. we had franklin delano roosevelt who understood the power of our united action. >> there is such a thing as reality! am i the only one here that sees reality and the shift? it is insane. we're lying to ourselves. stop lying to yourselves. >> eliot: this notion that 47% of the american public are slackers, are freeloaders is fundamentally wrong and says more about the way mitt romney views us as a society than anything else. >> benjamin...
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but what's also insidious here is that the people who collect economic data for our government are really good. they really care about the integrity of their numbers. if there was something wrong here, they would cry to the heavens to say, somebody is manipulating these numbers. >> yeah, but the point is, if somebody was manipulating the numbers, why have high unemployment numbers in the first place? the problem, e.j. -- and i want you to weigh in on this, too, joan, they are now reaching to find a rational for why romney is running. if unemployment is now going down, if you have 30 months of private job creation, if you have bin laden dead, why is romney running? that's the problem they are getting if these numbers are out and they are out and they are valid numbers. >> he's losing rationale, and, you know, he began to lie today on the campaign trail because i think he said, what's happening is that people are losing fact, they are leaving the labor market. they are discouraged workers. that is absolutely not true, reverend al. one of the great things about this job report today is that
but what's also insidious here is that the people who collect economic data for our government are really good. they really care about the integrity of their numbers. if there was something wrong here, they would cry to the heavens to say, somebody is manipulating these numbers. >> yeah, but the point is, if somebody was manipulating the numbers, why have high unemployment numbers in the first place? the problem, e.j. -- and i want you to weigh in on this, too, joan, they are now reaching...
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you saw where that led us to a government surplus in 23 million jobs created. the republicans in the next decade, did all the same sorts of things that mitt romney would like to do today, passed a tax cut for the wealthiest that led to the lowest pace of job creation since world war ii, stripped back oversight from wall street a financial house of cards that collapsed in 2008. so president clinton made clear this isn't some sort of economic theory, we've tried these policies before and you saw where we ended up. let's pursue those that work. >> ben in terms of the strategy, we were talking about the fact that mitt romney has been trotting out i won't call it stakes, maybe dried pieces of chicken in terms of policy specifics, the $17,000 bucket, et cetera, is there concern that these are enough of a distraction to turn the dynamics of the debate away from a more aggressive posture that the president might take vis-a-vis mitt romney's obfuscation. >> the american people will be tuning in for specifics tonight. they know mitt romney can ably attack the president.
you saw where that led us to a government surplus in 23 million jobs created. the republicans in the next decade, did all the same sorts of things that mitt romney would like to do today, passed a tax cut for the wealthiest that led to the lowest pace of job creation since world war ii, stripped back oversight from wall street a financial house of cards that collapsed in 2008. so president clinton made clear this isn't some sort of economic theory, we've tried these policies before and you saw...